Hose coupling



' Sept. 12, 1933. w a ENNEDY 1,929,949

HOSE COUPLING Filed July 15, 1932 FIE-E. 1

Summer HILLZHNE, KEHZYEDY Patented Sept. 12 1933 i I t UNITED STATES FATE NT- OFFICE HOSE COUPLING William B- Kennedy, Los Angeles, Calif. Application July 15, 1932. Serial No. 622,727

2 Claims. (Cl. 285161) This invention relates to improvements in hose tact a nut 9. This female member 6 has a reduced couplings. threaded end 11 which is adapted to engage the The principal object of the invention is to pro customary female member of a hose. Secured to duce a coupling which is quickly detachable. the member 6 is a yoke 12 pivoted as at 13 and A further object is to produce a device which is having a handle 14 attached thereto. This yoke 60 simple to operate. has arms 16 having depressions 1'7 which are A further object is to produce a device which is adapted to engage the pins 6'. A lug 18 is formed economical to manufacture. I upon the projection 8 and serves to position the A st urt e ebject is o p odu e a oup ing male member with respect to the female member wherein the parts will not be easily deranged and so that the pins 6. will also be in correct position 65 one wherein an efficient seal will be caused. to be engaged by the arms 16. This projection 18 Other objects and advantages will be apparent enters slots 19 formed in the female member. during the course of the following description. 'In Figs. 3 and 4 I have shown an adjusting In the accompanying drawing forming a part bushing 21 which has a head 22 which rests upon of this specification and in which like numerals a washer 23 carried in the male member. This 70 are employed to designate like parts throughout bushing is threaded as at 24 so as to be engaged the same, 7 by the nut 9 and in order to prevent this bushing Fig. 1 is a side elevation as the same would from rotating with respect to the male member appear in use, I when the nut 9 is screwed thereon, I provide a Fig. 2 is a top plan view of Fig. 1, pin 26 which engages a slot 27 in the bushing 21. 75

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the partsin position A washer 28 is adapted to be engaged by the ready to be assembled, I lower end of the bushing 21 so as to effect a seal Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view on the line 4-4 therewith. of Fig. .1, The manner of assembling my device is as Fig. 5 is a cross sectional view on the line 55 follows: 86 of Fig. 4, and 7 Assuming that the parts are in the position Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the male member of of Figs. 1 and '4 and the male member is conthe coupling. nected to a faucet and the female member is Hose couplings usually consist of a male and connected to a hose. the water may pass from female member which arethreaded so as to be the faucet to the hose without possibility of 85 joined together by rotating the two parts in order leaking. To remove the female member from to cause the threads to engage each other. This the male member it is merely necessary to move results in the twisting of thehose to which the the yoke from the full line position of Fig. 1 to couplings are attached, and as a result a quick the dotted line position of Fig. 1, after which the 5. breaking down of the fabric of the hose occurs. separation may take place. Due to the fact that .90 I

Applicant has devised a connector wherein it is manufacturers of washers do not maintain a merely necessary to attach to the faucet or destandard as to thickness, it is necessary to prolivery end of the hose a permanent coupling and vide for these varying thicknesses. This I have to attach to the portion of the hose to be secured done through the use of my bushing, and by '40 thereto, a co-acting coupling and to then bring tightening or loosening the nut 9 I can compress 95.

these couplings together and by a simple manipuor release the washer 23 which will make the end lation of a lever to cause the joining of these two f e bushing 21 p j slightly a greets! couplings thereto a water-tight joint. distance sufficiently below the bottom of the male In the accompanying drawing wherein for the member o as o rms good Contact With e purpose of illustration is shown a preferred em- Washer 8,t 11s t Will be noted that by adjust- 1 Q0 bodiment of my invention, the numeral 5 desigi g he m1t.9 .I ca accom odate for Various nates the male member of my coupling and the thicknesses of washer. The adjusting nut and numeral 6 the female member of my coupling. bushing a s take p Wear on the d The male member threadedly engages, for ext is to b understood t the form of y ample, a faucet and has extending th refr invention herewith shown and described is to be 105 pins 6'. A gasket '7 engages the end of the faucet taken as a preferred example the a a d and seals this male member to the f ucet, i a that various changes relative to the material, manner to be later described. The lower portion size, shape d arrangement of Parts y e of this member has a reduced end 3 hi h i resorted to without departing from the spirit of adapted to enter the female member 6 and to conthe invention or the scope O the subjoined claims. l

male member and a female member adapted to engage one another, a washer positioned in said female member, a bushing mounted in said male member, a nut" secured to said bushing and threadedly engaging the female engaging end of said male member whereby said bushing may be adjustably projected from said male member to contact said washer, said bushing having a head, a resilient member interposed between said head and said male member, and means for preventing rotation of said bushing with respect to said male member.

WILLIAM B. KENNEDY. 

